The Big Preview

The Big Preview^[1] was a movie venue that aired on New York City television station WOR-TV (Channel 9) beginning in the early 1960s and continuing into the early 1980s. It could be seen on Sundays (for a time, it also aired on Saturdays) starting somewhere between 5 and 6:30 PM and ran an eclectic mix of films. In addition, there was a Monday night edition of The Big Preview that ran from 1967 to 1968 at 9 PM.

Some movies that were shown were:

• A Lovely Way to Die
• Beware! The Blob
• Blacula
• Cat People (1942)
• Count Yorga, Vampire
• Day of the Wolves
• Destry
• Grave of the Vampire
• It Came from Beneath the Sea^[2]
• King Kong Escapes
• King Kong vs. Godzilla
• Lisa and the Devil
• Macabre (1958)
• Monster on the Campus^[3]
• P.J. (1968)
• Son of Frankenstein
• The Little Shop of Horrors
• The Man Who Haunted Himself
• The Unsuspected

References and footnotes

1. Here are some newspaper or TV Guide ads for The Big Preview.
2. TV Guide, New York-Metropolitan Edition, January 25-31, 1975.
3. TV Guide, New York-Metropolitan Edition, November 15-21, 1975.